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No. 69,750. Patented Oct.` 16, 1867.

HENRY BEAN, OF SCHUYLKILLAND JESSE D. TYSON, OF LOWER PROVI- DENG-E, PENNSYLVANIA.

Leiters Patent No. 69,750, 'dated October 15, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN GULTIVATORS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, HENRY BEAN, of Schuylkill, Chester county, Pennsylvania, and JESSE D. Trees, of'

' Lower Providence, in the county of Montgomery, and State of Pennsylvania., have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oultivators; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawingsmaking part of this specification, and to the letters of reference ymarked thereon, like letters indicating like -parts wherever they occur.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use our invention we will proceed to'dcscribe it.

Our invention consists in c ertain improvements in the cultivating machine patented to J. W. Tyson August 14, 18,66, and February 27, 1867, said improvements relating to a device for marking the ground, and also in an arrangement of devices nfor controlling and elevating the cultivators or other implements used in connection with thc frame.

Figure 1 is a top plan View, and Figure 2 is a. longitudinal vertical section, taken through the centre. The main frame A is constructed as described in the patents above mentioned, but the chains and pulleys therein used for raising and lowering the cultivators, ploughs, or other implements used, are dispensed with,and other devices are substituted in their'stead, as follows: To the rear end of thc frame we pivot two uprights, E,

one on cach side, and to their upper ends rigidly secure horizontal levers D, as shown in tig. 2. These levers extend to the front ot the seat T, and are connected at their front end by a cross-bar, c, as shown in tig. 1. The standards C, which are secured to the cultivators B, or such other implements as may be used in their stead, are pivoted at their upper ends to the levers D, as shown at e, iig. 2., so that by raising the levers D the imple-r ments will be raised, or by means of the levers they may be held firmly down and made to enter the ground when the latter is hard or stony. ATo the cross-bar c a rod, cZ, is hinged, as represented in figs. 2 and 3, this rod d being composed of two pieces fastened together by bolts or similar means, so that it may be adjusted in length as required. By means of this brace-rod the levers D, and thereby the implements connectedto them,

may be h cld up when raised from the ground, as represented in tig. 2. For the purpose of marking the ground, und thus aiording a means of guiding the team, so as tomakc the rows parallel across the field, wc provide a marking device. This device consists. of a bar, I, placed transversely across the front part of the frame A, and arranged to slide to and fro in suitable guides, t, as shown in fig. 1. At cach end ot'A this bar I a hele is bored,

vthrough which a cord, f, is passed, this cord being somewhat longer than the bar I, and having 'a short pieeeot' chain, l, fastened to each end, and so arranged` that when the cordA is drawn to one side far enough to raise tlm chain at onesidc of the machine clear of thc grou-nd, the chain at thc opposite end of the bar will drag en the yground.,l On the platform-4in front of the seat, and near to the bar l, we place block or bolt lc, having a slit or notch -in its top of proper Asize to permit the cord'f to rest therein, said block or bolt c also serving as n. rest for the end of the brace-rod d to rest against, as represented in iig. 3.

' When it is desired to make a mark across the field, to servcas a guide, the har I'is slid over to one side until its end projects thc required distance beyond the frame A, which dist-ance will be regulated by the proposed width of the rows apart. The eordfis then drawn over until tll'c-chain is raised from the ground at its inncr'icnd, by which thc chain l at the outer end will be llowered tofthc ground, as represented in iig. 1. Dy having a series of lnots in the cord f so arranged as to let the` cord move to the required distance and bring the knot up against the sido of the rest, the movements of thehbar' arulcord can be regulated wit-hout dimcul'ty. When thc field has been once crossed, and it is dcsired'to retnrn,`thc position of the bar I, with its cord and chains, is reversed, itbcing sho-ved over to the opposite side of the frame, and thus at cach crossing a mark is made upon thc ground toguide the operator on his return. It preferred, a sorics ot' holes inn-y be made in the har I, and pins used, to limit and regulate its movement, the holes being arranged to suit rows of various widths.

The bar I may be arranged to bc removed from 'its place, or it muy be jointed, so that when-shoved entirely to.

onesidc the projecting part'can be folded over on the 'frame for convenience in passing through gates, bars, the.

IIa-ving thus described our invention., what we claim is 1. The combination, with the main frame A, of' the levers D and brace-rod d, arranged to operate as shown and described.

2. The sliding bar provided with the cord f aird chains Z, or their equivalents, when arranged to operate `as yand for the purpose set forth. T

i HENRY nenn,

' D. TYSON.

Witnesses: Y

JOHN Gerry 

